India’s Economic Affairs Secretary tells WB committee

Washington: Despite a challenging global scenario, India’s economy has shown robust growth over the past year backed by sustained consumption and investment demand, a top Indian official told members of a World Bank committee here. The GDP growth estimate for the fiscal, which has been revised upwards from 7.3 per cent to 7.6 per cent … Read more

Apple, Tesla investments boost Modi

Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook listen as India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, speaks during a meeting with senior officials and CEOs of American and Indian companies, in the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2023. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images The ironclad relationship that India Prime Minister … Read more

Ashmore counters consensus with big bet on China over India

London-based asset manager Ashmore Group PLC is reducing its exposure to Indian equities and has made China the #1 pick in its emerging-markets fund, arguing that India’s stock market is overhyped and overcrowded while China’s is set for a rebound. With $6.5 billion invested in emerging equities, the fund has allocated 26% of its EM … Read more

Lok Sabha polls start April 19 —What you need to know

A worker fixes a flag of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on a hoarding of their leader and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 15, 2024.  Idrees Mohammed | Afp | Getty Images Indians head to the polls on Friday in what will be the world’s largest democratic election, as close to one billion … Read more

Maharajas’ Express to Palace on Wheels

Luxury trains in India date back to its colonial era, when opulent carriages transported dignitaries, officials and royalty. More trains were built in the 19th century for the country’s maharajas and other ruling elites and their families. Following India’s independence in 1947, privy purses — or governmental payments to these rulers — ended. Without the … Read more

mg motor india: MG Motor India looks to expand network in tier III, IV to drive next phase of growth

MG Motor India is driving towards tier III and IV cities of the country with plans to establish 100 new touchpoints by the end of the ongoing fiscal year as part of its strategy to fuel the next phase of growth, a senior company official said on Wednesday. With JSW Group coming in as an … Read more

Indian regulators plan panel to weigh derivatives risk, sources say

India’s top financial regulators will form a committee to assess stability risks emerging from a surge in derivatives markets and suggest policy changes if required, two sources familiar with the matter said. Options trading in India has soared in the last five years, fuelled mainly by retail investors. The notional value of index options traded … Read more

These are the top 5 companies to work for in India, says LinkedIn

These are the 2024 top companies in India, according to LinkedIn. Deepak Sethi | E+ | Getty Images LinkedIn has released its eighth annual list of top companies to work for in India, and companies that prioritized its employees’ experience and growth dominated this year’s ranking. From mass layoffs to the adoption of generative AI, … Read more

sberbank: Rupee-rouble settlement volume up seven times from 2022: Sberbank

Almost two years after the Reserve Bank of India announced new steps for rupee-settled global trades, Russian banking major Sberbank said it has seen an uptick in volumes for rupee-rouble payments for Moscow’s imports, with the lender focusing on drawing more foreign clients to the domestic market. “Sberbank offers its corporate clients a convenient way … Read more

Automobile exports from India dip 5.5% in FY24

Automobile exports from India declined 5.5 per cent in FY24 due to the monetary crisis in various overseas markets, according to the latest data shared by industry body SIAM. Overall exports stood at 45,00,492 units in the last fiscal compared to 47,61,299 units in FY23. Commenting on the drop in overseas shipments last fiscal, SIAM … Read more